Golden Corral

The highlight of the day was watching Joseph eat and eat and eat at Golden Corral in Nampa, Idaho.  Tara was right, he likes everything.  He ate:  Chicken, meatloaf, rice, macaroni and cheese, green beans, carrots, corn, peaches, pineapple, and more.  Such a pleasure to see a child who loves all sorts of food. He liked the little pumpkin cookie but lost interest.  Believe me, it was Tara who wanted the cotton candy, her favorite!  I wish they still had a Golden Corral in Clovis.  They have a lot of healthy choices now, as long as you stay away from the carbs at the bread station and the desserts!

Arrival in Marsing, Idaho

It was 20 degrees when we woke up in Winnemucca today but we were warm enough in the trailer.  I think Tony got cold and ended up in bed with John (he was invited)!  It was an uneventful drive on Hwy 95 from Winnemucca, though a portion of Oregon, and then right into Marsing, Idaho.  We forgot about the 1 hour time difference so we were running a bit later than expected.  We stopped in a little wide space in the road and ate our lunch, leftover KFC.  We arrived at River Haven RV Park, (6920 S Bruneau Hwy, Marsing, ID 83639, (208) 896-4268) and after setting up we were to Tara’s place around 4pm.  We didn’t have much time to check out the RV park, in fact we didn’t even pay yet because they were busy.  There are full hookups here but no table or fire ring at our site.  It is a simple, gravel, pull through, but the price is right.  There is a group area and fire rings about the park itself.  They also have laundry, LP Gas, Maximum Amps, showers and the allow pets.  Anyway, we had a couple of hours to visit with Tara and then we headed to Wal-Mart for a few things.  We will be back to see her in the morning and decide what to do for the day, maybe a picnic or something.  Joseph is adorable and he ran right to us.  He is a sweet little thing with an infectious smile. 

Folsom, CA to Winnemucca, NV

We had an uneventful drive to Winnemucca and made good time.  We stopped twice for gas because when we have just a half tank left we like to refill.  We also stopped to stretch twice, along with the stop to take a picture of Donner Lake.  There was road construction in several places but nothing slowed us down for more than a few minutes.  We planned to stay at an RV park in Winnemucca but instead we pulled into Wal-Mart and we will have a free night here.  We only planned to sleep and leave right away in the morning so it is perfect for us.  Well us and the 15-20 other RVer’s who had the same idea.  We stopped for KFC right before parking at Wal-Mart so that was  our dinner.  The moon was so beautiful coming up over the bare mountains.  My photo does not do it justice. 

Donner Lake

Nevada Moon

Tony is having a good time so far!

Visiting Janice

We arrived at Janice’s just as she was getting home from a meeting.  We had a brief visit and then went to happy hour at Ruth's Chris in Roseville.  We had a nice time and the food was delicious.  Janice and I had a Crab BLT with zucchini fries.  Definitely a place we would return to!  We spent the rest of the evening visiting and having a glass or two of wine at her house.  Good times!  Tony (our dog) was not a very good house guest as he kept barking at Kitty Boy (her cat).  I’m sure they could be friends if there was more time…

In Napa

We arrived as expected in Napa, it’s so good to see Mom.  We were comfortable in the trailer overnight.  It was cold in the morning but we have a heater so no problems.  We did a few things around the house for Mom and then her aide came to give her a shower while we finished up a variety of little things.  Mom felt rested and well enough so we took her out for Mexican food for lunch, shopping at Trader Joe’s, then back home.  For dinner we were really too full to eat a meal so we had cheese and crackers along with a delicious bottle of Belle Glos Pinot Noir.  Recently Mom’s first cousin Lorna Belle Glos-Wagner passed away.  She was given the lovely bottle of wine from Lorna’s family at the services. We toasted Lorna and enjoyed a quiet evening. 

Tomorrow Morning…

We will leave for Idaho with several stops along the way.  We plan to leave about 9:30am and visit with friend June in Waterford (near Modesto) and then arrive to Mom’s house in the mid evening.  We will stay with Mom until Wednesday, take her to some appointments and do anything she needs done.  From there we will head to Folsom (not the prison) to visit my sister and spend one night.  Then we will turn our attention toward Marsing, Idaho to see our grandson Joseph for his 1st birthday.  Since we haven’t seen the little family since last November in Georgia we are eagerly anticipating this visit!  On the road again!!!

Sunset Campground August 2-6, 2013

Deb and Sam were coming up with Frank and Vira, plus family and invited us.  Why not?  It is hard to remember I am retired and have no looming obligation at the moment!  Anyway, they came up Thursday afternoon and managed to secure some good sites for all of us.  We are in campsite #60.  The weather is perfect of course.  There are really a lot of people on the weekend and the campground was full when we arrived on Friday about 1:30pm.  We took a quick drive over to Azalea to see if it was full, just curious, and it was!  Sam does most of the cooking but others help set up things too.  Good thing we don’t camp with them all the time because we would really gain weight!!!  Frank and Vira had a raccoon visitor in the night as their dog food was not locked up.  Other than that we didn’t see any evidence of other wildlife this trip.  All of them left by noon on Sunday as did a lot of campers.  We did some walking around the campground until we got tired, watched some NCIS on my laptop, played cards, and read.  Most of the sites in Sunset seem to be less level than the ones in Azalea.  However, there seem to be more trees in Sunset.  Really both campgrounds are nice.  By Sunday evening we turned on the Hotspot for internet because we had some email from Airbnb about our NYC accommodations that I could not really take care off on the phone.  Come Monday, it’s like a ghost town!  We had a nice lunch, walked, read and enjoyed the nice cool day.  Later in the day a man and two boy arrived to set up in the site across the way.  They came over to ask questions saying it was their first trip to America.  I thought I recognized the accent, they were from France, Paris and Nice, so I helped them fill out their envelope and gave them directions for the places they wanted to go.  They are in a car with a very small tent.  They pulled out early I guess as they were gone when we got up. 

We were packed and ready to go before noon.  We went down to the dump station at Princess but seems our gray water tank would not empty right.  John will have to check that at home.  At least the black water emptied well.  The place is on a bit of a slant so maybe that was the problem.